FORT WAYNE, IND. — The Peoria Chiefs arms and bats were not enough to overcome an early deficit caused by their gloves Friday in a 9-4 Midwest League loss to the Fort Wayne TinCaps before 5,201 at Parkview Field.

Peoria made four errors in the second inning and another in the third, which staked Fort Wayne to a 5-0 lead on three unearned runs against starter Silfredo Garcia.

* Peoria first baseman Jake Stone's RBI-double in the fifth to get Peoria on the board. Then Cesar Valera delivered a two-out, two-run single to center to cut the deficit to 7-3.

* Chiefs right fielder Ronald Castillo lined a single to center in the second inning to extend his hit streak to 7 games.

* The Chiefs made 4 errors in the second inning as Fort Wayne scored three times. Garcia threw two wild pitches and hit a batter in his start.

CHIEFLY SPEAKING

"We didn't execute very well defensively and just didn't play very well. It wasn't just errors, but also throwing to the wrong base. We had a lapse in concentration and focus the last couple days and it bit us tonight. Garcia made some quality pitches, but unfortunately we didn't execute behind him and he pitched better than his line is going to look."